Why read Telling Lies for Fun & Profit?

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Characters refusing to talk? Plot plodding along? Where do good ideas come from anyway? In this wonderfully practical volume, two-time Edgar Award-winning novelist Lawrence Block takes an inside look at writing as a craft and as a career.

From studying the market, to mastering self-discipline and "creative procrastination," through coping…

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1 author picked Telling Lies for Fun & Profit as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Hallie Ephron

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This is not a how-to book. It’s a series of essays written by a really smart and funny guy about something at which he excels: writing fiction.

He offers great advice, often with his tongue planted firmly in cheek. His essay on rewriting is titled Washing Garbage. His essay on getting to the finish line is titled Do It Anyway. His great advice: “Give yourself permission to write badly.” I like to have it on my bedside table for leavening those moments when I take myself too seriously.

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